Howdy,
I don't know when it entered the thread (forwarded message below), but
the e-mail address callers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net does *NOT* go
to the list, it goes to the moderator. I find that it's good practice to
check the addresses in posts before I send them -- usually it works best
if you have only ONE address.
Thanks,
Aahz
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> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:01:39 -0700
> From: Amy Wimmer via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
> To: Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net>
> Cc: "callers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net"
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> John Sweeney <info(a)contrafusion.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] How to Describe a Ricochet Hey
> Reply-To: Amy Wimmer <amywimmer(a)gmail.com>
>
> I concur: a demonstration is usually very helpful for my learning
> something. I am very visual, and the use of too many words confuses
> me. I have many "Ah HA!" moments while seeing a demonstration. Phooey
> on those who poo-poo them.
> -Amy in Seattle
>
>
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> > On Jun 19, 2015, at 4:04 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> > I'm asking myself why not demo a ricochet? In my mind there are some advantages to demonstrating a move instead of describing it (or doing both with a wireless mic).
> >
> > My experience is most contra callers are highly educated and have exceptional verbal skills. Maybe some callers don't value a good demonstration. Or is a demonstration too beneath some of us? One of my calling students told me that I failed as a caller because I demonstrated a move.
> >
> > My own view is that watching and learning is an integral part of being human. We could make a long list of older skills (like hunting) or newer ones like learning to play a musical instrument where watching and imitating is the key to learning.
> >
> > I recently took an informal workshop on dance history. The teachers pointed out that when people watch something, appropriate synapses fire in preparation for performing a task. This physiological response helps the person actually learn a task better.
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Michael Fuerst said, "To me one of the more challenging to describe
succinctly is ricochet heys".
One of the challenges of a Ricochet Hey is the name - it is not actually a
Hey in any sense of the word, though Ricochets mixed with Half Heys do make
pleasing figures.
I have had a few challenges with this as well, but in trying to think of a
way to do it better, I just had a major breakthrough... I think!
I just realised that a Ricochet Hey is actually a Mad Robin in which the
people passing through the middle interact with each other.
So, next time I teach it I am going to try getting the dancers to do a Mad
Robin first then get them to change their path from a rectangle to a pizza
slice and touch hands in the middle.
Does that make sense?
Happy dancing,
John
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Sorry! I finished that email in a hurry and meant to say what Aahz noted: slide thru is not actually gender neutral; it simply can be done by two people dancing the same role, with the results of a curlique.
I really wouldn't encourage folks to use all of the square dance figures and terms, tough. Down that path lies CallerLab. While I enjoy MWSD myself, it is too complex to be readily accessible and I am afraid contra is heading that way already.
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On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:23:54 +0000 (UTC), Susan Elberger via Callers wrote:
> The more we create esoteric names for calls the less possible that
> becomes.
"Mad Robin" is pretty esoteric. But so are "hey", "allemande", do-si-do,
"balance" and others - we're so used to these terms we forget that they are
meaningless to non-dancers. (OK, they might know enough to do a do-si-do,
with arms folded.)
Colin Hume
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Called this dance at one of my first calling gigs a couple years ago and
then again to a heavy beginner crowd last month. When I first called
this dance, I wrote it from memory from an earlier dance night. I'm not
even sure I got it all right. It worked well both times to get the
dancers walking to the music.
Unknown Circle Mixer Dance
A1 Circle left, Circle right
A2 Step into the middle and back. Do it again with a great big shout
B1 Partner Do si do, Partner Swing
B2 Partner promenade Counter Clockwise around the big circle with gents
in the middle.
Ladies turn over right shoulder to meet new partner, reform circle
Thank you!
Stephanie Marie
Hi,
Can anyone tell me what this dance is called and who wrote it, please. I'm
calling it Thursday in Jerusalem and I'd like to give credit, if I can. For
the moment, my dance card just says "vimeo 53908291".
Perpetual e-Motion at Tacoma
Called by George Marshall
Video by Doug Plummer
https://vimeo.com/53908291
Thanks,
Steve Silberman
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One of our pickier contra dancers *loves* this dance:
I call it Calvin Country, because it's based on David Smukler's dance,
Country Dance Romance, which is a modification of Don Armstrong's Calvin
Crest.
*A1* Neighbor sliding door (aka sideways do-si-do, Mad Robin, double Mad
Robin, shuttle)
Partner poussette 3/4 (Women advance) until Men are back to back in center
*A2* Hey for 4 (pass Partner by R sh, with a little assist)
*B1* Partner gypsy, swing
*B2* All 4 balance, circle L 1/2; shift L up/down set, circle L 3/4 with
new neighbors
I was inspired by the Blues Brothers version of Sweet Home Chicago to
write a 24 bar Contra recently:
Short But Sweet
Becket
A1 Circle left 3/4
Swing neighbour
A2 Balance the ring
Nevada twirl with partner (California twirl with other hands)
With next couple, balance the ring
Petronella turn one place anti-clockwise
B Half hey, starting with women passing left shoulders
Swing partner
There's an animation of the dance at
http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#ShortButSweet.
Are there many other 24 bar Contras?
Cheers
Keith
